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    "id": 620591,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620591/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12482,
        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "You will find that in places where Kenyans do not have enough money, chances of getting justice are very limited. This is because if you do not have a good lawyer, the court process is very confusing. Some things that actually should be diverted and do not make it to court because they could be taken to alternative dispute resolutions end up being contentious court issues. I am excited that this Bill is before us and I am happy to support it. We have required the Legal Aid Bill and framework for a very long time. Access to justice, equal representation and equal justice is a cardinal principle of human rights. I am happy that it is in our Constitution and we are now enforcing it. Even before we got there, there have been organizations that have taken upon themselves to enforce it and I want to thank them. They are the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). Hon. Millie is in the House. We also have Cradle Children’s Foundation that has fought for children’s rights. Organizations in Kibra such as the Human Rights Forum and Kituo cha Sheria have been doing a lot of good work. This is the time to bring that work that they have been doing outside the support of Government into a formal framework that is a right of every Kenyan to get legal representation if they need it."
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